News Updates

News Updates

December 2005

• Nominees for Tennessee Bishop Election Announced

  The Episcopate Committee in the Diocese of Tennessee has released a slate of three nominees for the March 18 election convention at Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville.

  Posted on December 29, 2005

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• ERD Sponsors AIDS Conference in El Salvador

  Delegates from the Episcopal Church’s Province IX and the Episcopal Church Center, along with the provinces of the Southern Cone, West Indies, Brazil and Central America, gathered in El Salvador on Nov. 11 for the region’s first Anglican HIV/AIDS Conference.

  Posted on December 29, 2005

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• Murder Charges Dropped Against Zimbabwe Bishop

  Citing procedural and technical difficulties, the Archbishop of Central Africa, the Most Rev. Bernard Malango, has dismissed charges of conduct unbecoming a member of the clergy brought against the Bishop of Harare, the Rt. Rev. Nolbert Kunonga.

  Posted on December 29, 2005

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• Bishop Beckham of Upper South Carolina Dies

  The Rt. Rev. William A. Beckham, Bishop of Upper South Carolina from 1979 to 1994, died Dec. 24. He was 78.

  Posted on December 29, 2005

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• 2008 Lambeth Conference Faces $3 Million Shortfall

  With less than three years remaining before the opening session, the 2008 Lambeth Conference is facing a potential cash shortfall of more than $3 million. Funding for the once every 10-year gathering of bishops from around the Anglican Communion is administered by the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC).

  Posted on December 29, 2005

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• New Primate for Northern India

  The Church of North India (CNI) elected a new Primate at its 12th triennial synod. The Most Rev. Joel V. Mal, Bishop of Chandigarh, was elected to a three-year term and installed as the 10th Moderator of the CNI. He succeeds the Most Rev. Z. James Terom.

  Posted on December 27, 2005

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• Novel Use of Canon in Virginia Raises Concerns

  A priest who left the Episcopal Church in November and, along with the majority of his former congregation, transferred to the Anglican Province of Uganda, has accused the Bishop of Virginia of stretching the canons in declaring that his resignation was a renunciation of the ordained ministry.

  Posted on December 27, 2005

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• Kansas Bishop Condemns 'Informational' Letter

  The Bishop of Kansas recently wrote his clergy and senior wardens condemning as deceitful and divisive a letter sent to senior wardens at 2,200 Episcopal churches located in 20 states.

  Posted on December 22, 2005

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• Episcopal 'Megachurches' Open For Christmas Day

  All of the 25 largest Episcopal churches in terms of average Sunday attendance will be holding at least one service on Christmas Day this year, the first time since 1994 that Christmas has fallen on a Sunday.

  Posted on December 20, 2005

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• Retired Bishop Cadigan of Missouri Dies

  The Rt. Rev. George Leslie Cadigan, who served as Bishop of Missouri for 16 years, died Dec. 14 at his home in Topsham, Maine. He was 95.

  Posted on December 19, 2005

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